8-Year-Old Dies In NYC Days After Flu Diagnosis, NYPD Says

ELMHURST, QUEENS – An 8-year-old Queens girl died on Monday just days after being diagnosed with the flu, police said.

The girl was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital after her mother found her unresponsive in her bed when she went to wake her up, police told Patch.

The girl, who lived in Elmhurst's Lefrak City apartments, was pronounced dead at 6:38 a.m., an NYPD spokeswoman said.

Police could not immediately confirm if the flu caused the girl's death, but said she had been diagnosed with the illness on Friday. A doctor prescribed the girl flu medications and sent her home, but her conditioned had worsened by Sunday night, the NYPD spokeswoman said.